What is the Greatest Common Factor of 54842 and 54850?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 54842 and 54850 is 2.

GCF(54842,54850) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 54842 and 54850, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 54842 and 54850.

How to find the GCF of 54842 and 54850?

We will first find the prime factorization of 54842 and 54850. After we will calculate the factors of 54842 and 54850 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 54842

Prime factors of 54842 are 2, 17, 1613. Prime factorization of 54842 in exponential form is:

54842 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 1613¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 54850

Prime factors of 54850 are 2, 5, 1097. Prime factorization of 54850 in exponential form is:

54850 = 2¹ × 5² × 1097¹

Step-3: Factors of 54842

List of positive integer factors of 54842 that divides 54842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 1613, 3226, 27421

Step-4: Factors of 54850

List of positive integer factors of 54850 that divides 54842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 1097, 2194, 5485, 10970, 27425

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 54842 and 54850. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 54842 and 54850 is 2.

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